Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The Book of Thoth

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Description: The Book of Thoth: A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians is the title of The Equinox,
volume III, number 5 , by English author and occultist Aleister Crowley. The book is recorded in the vernal
equinox of 1944 (an Ixviii Sol in 0 ° 0 ’ 0 \”Aries, March 21 , 1944 ev 5:29 pm) and was originally published
in an edition limited to 200 numbered and signed copies.

This book describes the philosophy and the use of Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot, a deck of Tarot cards
designed by Crowley and co-designed and painted by Lady Frieda Harris. The Thoth Tarot has become one of the best-selling and most popular Tarot Decks in the world.

Tarot Thoth – the last fundamental work of Aleister Crowley which summarizes all of his knowledge and belief.

The book is a detailed commentary on the Thoth Tarot , and also includes many provisions of the hermetic
philosophy and religion of Thelema . It may be regarded as a textbook on the Tarot , in principle , as well
as a book of occult philosophy and the philosophy of Crowley . It contains a system of divination , the
interpretation of Kabbalistic Tarot , extensive excerpts from the Book of the Law , the most important
texts of Crowley and other heritage of world culture .